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                  AOC employees are responsible for the care and preservation of more than 100 varieties of trees and bushes planted around the U.S. Capitol, as well as outdoor sculptures including monuments, memorials and water features.
**Browse the highlights below or learn more about the trees on campus.**
    
    
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        LocationFord House Office BuildingHart Senate Office BuildingLongworth House Office BuildingRayburn House Office BuildingRussell Senate Office BuildingSupreme Court BuildingThomas Jefferson BuildingU.S. Capitol Grounds
      100th Anniversary of Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising Tree

Text of the Plaque

U.S. Capitol Grounds
Memorial Tree

*Quercus petraea*
(Irish Oak – Dair Éireannach)
    200th Anniversary of Congress in Washington Tree

Text of the Plaque

U.S. Capitol Grounds
Commemorative Tree

*Acer x freemanii 'marmo'*
(Marmo Maple)
    Anne Frank Tree

Text of the Plaque

U.S. Capitol Grounds
Memorial Tree

*Aesculus hippocastanum*
(Horse Chestnut)
    Arbor Day Founder Tree

Respected as an agriculturalist, J. Sterling Morton sought to instruct people in the modern techniques of farming and forestry. Among his most significant achievements was the founding of Arbor Day. He became well known in Nebraska for his political, agricultural, and literary activities and served with distinction as President Cleveland's secretary of agriculture.
    Arbor Lodge Association of Nebraska City Tree

Text of the Plaque

U.S. Capitol Grounds
Memorial Tree

*Ginkgo biloba*
(Maidenhair Tree)
    Asian American Achievements Tree

Text of the Plaque

U.S. Capitol Grounds
Commemorative Tree

*Acer saccharum*
(Sugar Maple)
    Blair Centennial Tree

Text of the Plaque

U.S. Capitol Grounds
Commemorative Tree

*Acer saccharinum blairi*
(Blair Maple)
    Capitol Square NW Cherry Trees

Site of one variety: Yoshino (*Prunus x yeodoensis*).
    Capitol Square SW Cherry Trees

Site of two varieties: Yoshino (*Prunus x yeodoensis*) and Japanese flowering (*Prunus serrulata*).
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